The Kremlin believes that the owner of Facebook, goalis hurting itself by banning Russian state media from accessing its platforms worldwide and commented that the move complicates the prospects for normalizing relations between them.
Meta has announced that it is banning Russian state media from accessing its platforms worldwide in order to prevent any “foreign interference.”
This ban was announced just days after the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken denounced the destabilizing activities of the Russian media outlet Russia Today (RT), which, as he characteristically put it, had turned into a “branch” of the Russian intelligence services.
Series of measures 15 days ago
About 15 days ago, US authorities unveiled a series of measures aimed primarily at Russian media outlets, including criminal charges and sanctions, to deal with attempts to interfere in the US elections, which they attribute to Russia.
RT, which began operations in 2005, is considered by Westerners to be a Kremlin propaganda organ.
In turn, the network commented ironically on American actions and accused the US of preventing it from functioning as a journalistic organization.